Aussie Rules Training

After a slow start, Collingwood overpowered Geelong Friday night to lock in top spot for season 2023. Here are 3 clips I posted on Twitter during the game but can now expand upon them further then 140 characters. #1 – JAMIE ELLIOTT PAUSE Smart move from Elliott – if he plays onthen the Gee chaser...

Earlier in the week I posted about the theory behind mastery and what behaviors you should be focused on to achieve it and then I posted the first 9 videos showing mastery, or alack of it, in game situations. Here’s the other 9. #10 – Here we see the exact opposite of #9 from Melbourne...

Coming off the back of Kingy talking about Darcy Moore and positional mastery on First Crack Sunday night, earlier this week I posted the theory behind mastery and some of the behaviors behind it. Today we look at mastery, or a lack thereof, in game situations with these 9 video clips, with the other 9...

During my weekly watch of Fox Footy’s Last Crack on a Sunday night at the completion of each round, Kingy had this to say about Darcy Moore and his missed kicks out of defensive 50 over the last couple of weeks: “…he’s the interceptor, the rebounder – give it to the point guards…he doesn’t need...

I read this study this past week and the results should really give coaches food for thought in designing their practice sessions and plenty of actionable conclusions as well. It looked at the passing actions during 4v4 games of Soccer on a 30x20m pitch featuring junior players of various ages with the 3 different scoring...

You might remember last year I posted what I did for football training with my private school team where I was coaching the senior B team. I did it again this year but with the year 7 B team. We had 2 teams for the year 7’s so the B team was made up of...

Yes, I’m like a broken record but until I see meaningful change I’ll keep trying to get this message of a games-based training approach v a standing-behind-cones training approach across to as many coaches as possible. A games based-approach to training will result in: Many touches of the ball Decision-making under game like conditions Provides...